The e-mail advertising the upcoming Saint Walker includes the copy "How's that hope and change thing working out?" I heard something along these lines several times during the recent presidential election season. Is Matty Collector actually using anti-Obama slogans in its ads?

For the time being, yes. The Glow-In-the-dark Slimer "thank you" gift has been mailed out and there will still be the Ecto goggle prop later this year, but other than that the line is on hold until the 3rd movie or some other media driving factor renews interest in the property.D

The e-mail advertising the upcoming Saint Walker includes the copy "How's that hope and change thing working out?" I heard something along these lines several times during the recent presidential election season. Is Matty Collector actually using anti-Obama slogans in its ads?

The power of the blue lanterns is derived from "hope" (just like the Green Lantern's id fueled by "will" and the red lanterns by "rage." This was by no means a political stand and was just meant to be clever.

The e-mail advertising the upcoming Saint Walker includes the copy "How's that hope and change thing working out?" I heard something along these lines several times during the recent presidential election season. Is Matty Collector actually using anti-Obama slogans in its ads?

The power of the blue lanterns is derived from "hope" (just like the Green Lantern's id fueled by "will" and the red lanterns by "rage." This was by no means a political stand and was just meant to be clever.

I get the oblique reference to hope corresponding to the Blue Lanterns hope power source, but what I'm really asking is if there is any way that the specific phrase "How's that hope and change thing working out?" is pulled from anything other than the recent election. I've honestly never heard that phrase in any other context. If anyone else has, please let me know.

I'm not personally offended, and I'm sure it wasn't written with much thought. It just seems surprising to me that Mattel would include a potentially offensive political statement that could annoy over half of the voting electorate in a promotional e-mail.